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March 16, 2010
Estate Planning - To Trust or Not to Trust
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Fort Smith offices
5401 Rogers Avenue
Suite 200
Fort Smith, AR 72903
Contact: Kelly Davenport
501-371-9999
kdavenport@cgwg.com
Details:
Make plans to attend our workshop called “Estate Planning - To Trust or Not to Trust” where Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C. attorney Mike Redd will discuss:
• Wills and trusts
• Powers of attorney
• Estate planning for non-traditional couples
• Charitable bequests
• Planning for health care needs
• Recent changes in the federal and state estate tax laws
The workshop introduces estate planning concepts and teaches clients pitfalls of traditional estate planning, including:
• Why many living trusts may not work
• Why HIPAA may sabotage their existing living trusts
• How to create special trusts to receive IRA inheritances
• How to pass money to several generations
• How to prevent your children's inheritances from being lost to the future divorces, creditors and predators of their children -- The cost to attend is $30 which includes lunch.
Description:
Do you own a house or another large asset and want to control who receives these when you die? Do you have the right documents to assign medical decision-making to others if needed? Have you heard about changing federal and state tax and estate laws, but don't know if they'll affect you? These are the sorts of questions that attorney Mike Redd can answer. Estate planning has more to do with what your personal situation is and what your wishes are than how much money you make.
March 19, 2010
NW Arkansas Lunch and Learn: Managing Communicable Diseases
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: John Brown University - Rogers Center
2807 Ajax Avenue, Suite 200
Rogers, AR
Contact: Kelly Davenport
501-371-9999
kdavenport@cgwg.com
Details:
Employers are legally liable for employees and others (non-employees) infected in the workplace. Additionally, chronic disease carriers such as persons with tuberculosis are protected against employment discrimination by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As an influenza pandemic begins to affect your workforce, certain protocols may need to change. Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C. attorneys Amber Bagley and Elizabeth Cummings will address the following questions, plus many more: • Should an employer send home an employee who has or is exhibiting symptoms of a communicable disease? What if the employee is not exhibiting symptoms but has been in close contact with someone with a communicable disease? • When can an employee who has had a communicable disease or symptoms return to work and can an employer require a fitness-for-duty doctor’s note? • May an employer “dock” an employee for time away from work for a communicable disease, if he or she has exhausted vacation/PTO? • Is a communicable disease automatically an FMLA-covered serious health condition? Is it a “disability”? • Could a communicable disease be covered by workers’ compensation? • Is an employer’s knowledge that an employee has a communicable disease subject to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy restrictions? • May an employer disclose an employee’s actual or probable communicable disease diagnosis to others? • Are there any OSHA requirements when an employee is diagnosed with a communicable disease? The cost to attend is $30.
Description:
Whether your organization is small, medium, national, or international, has an internal human resource department or outsources that function, the intent of this Breakfast Bulletin is to help you effectively plan for and respond to communicable diseases and ensure that your most valuable assets, your employees, are protected.
March 30, 2010
Basic Supervisor Training - Little Rock
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Little Rock Offices
500 President Clinton Avenue
Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72201
Contact: Kelly Davenport
501-371-9999
kdavenport@cgwg.com
Details:
Basic Supervisor Training provided by the attorneys at Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C. is designed to help your company avoid legal action resulting from issues concerning retaliation claims, discipline, documentation, termination, harassment, interviewing, Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
What will be discussed? PROTECTING AGAINST RETALIATION CLAIMS - What is the law regarding retaliation? What is the meaning of “adverse employment action” ? What is the new standard for “adverse employment action” after the Burlington Northern v. White decision? Why do companies need complaints policies and what are the essential elements? DISCIPLINE, TERMINATION AND DOCUMENTATION - The Importance of Documentation. What Must Be Shown for Each Discipline and/or Termination Case? Employee Due Process, Employment at Will Issues, Investigating and Implementing Disciplinary Action. PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS: The Purpose Of A Performance Appraisal, Criteria For An Effective Performance Appraisal, Problems Of A Poor Performance Appraisal. HARASSMENT PREVENTION: What is Sexual Harassment? When Is An Employer Going To Be Liable For Sexual Harassment? The Investigative Process and Employee Is Required To Report Harassment. How Severe And Pervasive Must The Harassment Be? INTERVIEWING AND HIRING: Basics of Interviewing and Hiring. OVERVIEW OF THE ADA and FMLA and INTERACTION WITH WORKERS COMP: Who is a Qualified Individual? What is a Disability? What are Reasonable Accommodations? Who qualifies for FMLA? What are the documentation requirements?
The cost is $150 per person.
Description:
Supervisor training is viewed by many employers as an expendable expense and a waste of money. Human resources professionals know, though, that training for new supervisors and experienced supervisors is essential because well-trained supervisors will lower an employer’s chances of being caught in a lawsuit. There also is a direct correlation between well-trained supervisors and employees who are motivated, engaged, and productive.
Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C. is an HRCI Approved Provider. HRCI is the credentialing body for human resource professionals and is affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world's largest organization dedicated exclusively to the human resource profession.
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